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Job Description
|Job Title: |Employability Co-ordinator (NOMS) |
|Purpose: |To promote and deliver the NOMS funded Employability Programme targeted as |
| |ex-offenders across Wales and with particular focus on relationship building for |
| |referral agencies, clients and businesses |
|Reports to: |Head of Operations & Delivery |
|Direct Reports : |None |
|Salary: c £25,000 |
|Business in the Community (BITC) is a unique movement in the U.K. of 850 member companies committed to improving their impact on society. |
|We help companies structure and manage responsible business practice across four key impact areas; environment, workplace, marketplace and |
|community and we demonstrate the business benefits of operating in a responsible manner. |
|BITC has been developing and delivering employability programmes since 1998, with a particular focus on the Homeless, Care Leavers and |
|NEET’s. Our employability programmes are a unique partnership between leading businesses, referral agencies, Local Authorities and Welsh |
|Assembly Government. Our programmes aim to break the vicious cycle of no job, no home, no job through helping people to find employment and|
|achieve independent living. |
|This particular programme will focus on engaging private sector business mentors to support ex-offenders whilst they are on work |
|placements, to help them stay in employment. |
|Main Responsibilities: | |
|1. |Engage and support effective relationships with referral agencies |
| |Develop and manage strong relations with external agencies and facilitate these relations with the delivery team. |
|2. |Support companies involved in the programme |
| |Engage companies to support the employability programmes. Develop effective ongoing relationships between these companies and ensure |
| |the programme is properly planned and delivered. |
|3. |Managing and delivering the programmes |
| |Deliver all aspects of the Ex offender Mentoring programme pan Wales. Ensure the programme meets contractual requirements and the |
| |participants, companies and third sector partners are supported throughout the programme |
• Source appropriate candidates from referral agencies and match to a business mentor.
• Recruit and train mentors from private sector businesses.
• Manage client, agency and business expectations throughout the programme.
• Carry out full de-briefs, gather feedback from companies, clients and referral agencies.
• Identifying the best course of action for each client.
• Ensure referral agency Service Level Agreements are in place
|4. |Account Manage and Recruit Members |
| |Pro-actively recruit, engage and retain businesses in South East Wales and work with BITC’s partners pro-actively to help identify |
| |voluntary organisations and specific community projects for business support |
|5. |Project monitoring and evaluation |
| |Ensure that all project monitoring and evaluation is fully completed including aiming to track participants for at least a year after|
| |they have completed the programme. Use this information to continually improve and streamline the programme in consultation with Head|
| |of Operations. |
|6. |Marketing and communication |
| |Help produce and collate good-news stories, positive outcomes and case studies for press and PR opportunities. |
|7. |Contributing to the wider work of BITC and its teams |
| |Support wider BITC programmes, membership and internal teams. Help share best practice/ideas and assisting other team members when |
| |required. Pro-actively engage within teams and across teams |
|8. |Administrative Tasks |
| |Complete reports and timesheets as required by funders and or government |
| |Use BITC systems (Salesforce, Chatter etc) to ensure account managers/other teams are updated on company activity |
| |Ensure all referral agencies and companies receive up to date information on forthcoming programmes |
| |Write up debriefs and distribute to clients, companies & referral agencies |
| |Prepare and present reports on all Employability Programmes |
Person Specification
|Skills/Attributes: |Project Management skills with the ability to build and sustain cross-sector partnerships |
| |Good team player with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people from |
| |ex-offenders to senior managers / directors from the public/ not for profit and corporate sectors |
| |Excellent impact and influencing skills |
| |Flexibility with a pro-active and creative approach to problem solving |
| |Emotionally resilient and able to thrive in a pressurised environment to meet deadlines / contractual|
| |requirements and work with challenging client groups |
| |Good attention to detail |
| |Flexible and adaptable with the ability to juggle a variety of tasks and manage priorities |
| |effectively |
| |Good IT skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint |
|Qualifications: |Skills/ attributes and experience are more important than specific qualifications |
|Experience: |Essential |
| |Project Co-ordination experience |
| |Developing and managing cross-sector partnerships |
| | |
| |Delivery of successful employability/training programmes working with people with significant |
| |barriers to employment and an ability to demonstrate an in depth understanding of the Welfare to Work|
| |System. |
| | |
| |Experience of working with ex-offenders and or NEETS (not in employment, education or training), |
| |homeless, Care Leavers. |
| | |
| |Well networked in both public and private sector |
| |Desirable |
| |Experience within an HR or training environment, ideally within the corporate sector or some |
| |experience of delivering training or HR in the public / not for profit sectors |
| |Marketing communications experience e.g. writing press releases, producing marketing materials, |
| |updating websites |
| |Experience of managing public sector contracts to meet outputs, outcomes and milestones. |
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